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</style></head><body><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr /><td align="left" valign="top" width="32"><img align="left" border="0" height="32" src="images/rb-logo.png" width="32" /></td><td width="1">&#160;&#160;</td><td class="postheader" valign="center"><a href="index.html"><font color="#004faf">Home</font></a>&#160;&#183; <a href="classes.html"><font color="#004faf">All Classes</font></a>&#160;&#183; <a href="modules.html"><font color="#004faf">Modules</font></a></td></table><h1 align="center">QHelpEvent Class Reference<br /><sup><sup>[<a href="qtgui.html">QtGui</a> module]</sup></sup></h1><p>The QHelpEvent class provides an event that is used to request
helpful information about a particular point in a widget. <a href="#details">More...</a></p>

<p>Inherits <a href="qevent.html">QEvent</a>.</p><h3>Methods</h3><ul><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qhelpevent.html#QHelpEvent">__init__</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QEvent.Type&#160;<i>type</i>, QPoint&#160;<i>pos</i>, QPoint&#160;<i>globalPos</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qhelpevent.html#QHelpEvent-2">__init__</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QHelpEvent)</li><li><div class="fn" />QPoint <b><a href="qhelpevent.html#globalPos">globalPos</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />int <b><a href="qhelpevent.html#globalX">globalX</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />int <b><a href="qhelpevent.html#globalY">globalY</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QPoint <b><a href="qhelpevent.html#pos">pos</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />int <b><a href="qhelpevent.html#x">x</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />int <b><a href="qhelpevent.html#y">y</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li></ul><a name="details" /><hr /><h2>Detailed Description</h2><p>The QHelpEvent class provides an event that is used to request
helpful information about a particular point in a widget.</p>
<p>This event can be intercepted in applications to provide
tooltips or "What's This?" help for custom widgets. The <a href="qevent.html#type">type</a>() can be either <a href="qevent.html#Type-enum">QEvent.ToolTip</a> or <a href="qevent.html#Type-enum">QEvent.WhatsThis</a>.</p>
<hr /><h2>Method Documentation</h2><h3 class="fn"><a name="QHelpEvent" />QHelpEvent.__init__ (<i>self</i>, <a href="qevent.html#Type-enum">QEvent.Type</a>&#160;<i>type</i>, <a href="qpoint.html">QPoint</a>&#160;<i>pos</i>, <a href="qpoint.html">QPoint</a>&#160;<i>globalPos</i>)</h3><p>Constructs a help event with the given <i>type</i> corresponding
to the widget-relative position specified by <i>pos</i> and the
global position specified by <i>globalPos</i>.</p>
<p><i>type</i> must be either <a href="qevent.html#Type-enum">QEvent.ToolTip</a> or <a href="qevent.html#Type-enum">QEvent.WhatsThis</a>.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qhelpevent.html#pos">pos</a>() and
<a href="qhelpevent.html#globalPos">globalPos</a>().</p>


<h3 class="fn"><a name="QHelpEvent-2" />QHelpEvent.__init__ (<i>self</i>, <a href="qhelpevent.html">QHelpEvent</a>)</h3><h3 class="fn"><a name="globalPos" /><a href="qpoint.html">QPoint</a> QHelpEvent.globalPos (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the mouse cursor position when the event was generated
in global coordinates.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qhelpevent.html#pos">pos</a>(),
<a href="qhelpevent.html#globalX">globalX</a>(), and <a href="qhelpevent.html#globalY">globalY</a>().</p>


<h3 class="fn"><a name="globalX" />int QHelpEvent.globalX (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Same as <a href="qhelpevent.html#globalPos">globalPos</a>().<a href="qhelpevent.html#x">x</a>().</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qhelpevent.html#x">x</a>(), <a href="qhelpevent.html#globalY">globalY</a>(), and <a href="qhelpevent.html#globalPos">globalPos</a>().</p>


<h3 class="fn"><a name="globalY" />int QHelpEvent.globalY (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Same as <a href="qhelpevent.html#globalPos">globalPos</a>().<a href="qhelpevent.html#y">y</a>().</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qhelpevent.html#y">y</a>(), <a href="qhelpevent.html#globalX">globalX</a>(), and <a href="qhelpevent.html#globalPos">globalPos</a>().</p>


<h3 class="fn"><a name="pos" /><a href="qpoint.html">QPoint</a> QHelpEvent.pos (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the mouse cursor position when the event was generated,
relative to the widget to which the event is dispatched.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qhelpevent.html#globalPos">globalPos</a>(), <a href="qhelpevent.html#x">x</a>(), and <a href="qhelpevent.html#y">y</a>().</p>


<h3 class="fn"><a name="x" />int QHelpEvent.x (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Same as <a href="qhelpevent.html#pos">pos</a>().x().</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qhelpevent.html#y">y</a>(), <a href="qhelpevent.html#pos">pos</a>(), and <a href="qhelpevent.html#globalPos">globalPos</a>().</p>


<h3 class="fn"><a name="y" />int QHelpEvent.y (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Same as <a href="qhelpevent.html#pos">pos</a>().y().</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qhelpevent.html#x">x</a>(), <a href="qhelpevent.html#pos">pos</a>(), and <a href="qhelpevent.html#globalPos">globalPos</a>().</p>
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